Gironde tourist information

La Gironde is the largest department in France - 126 kms of sandy coast backed by 480,000 hectares of pine trees to the east. Inland there are numerous lakes and rivers.

The Gironde estuary is the largest in Europe and is the only place you'll find the endangered sturgeon species. This is wine country with Bordeaux at its centre. In total there are 57 wines labelled AOC - Bordeaux, Sauternes, Medoc & St-Emilion to name but a few.

This is also a department where different periods of history are engraved in its stone.

Gothic, Roman, military & religious architecture - a feast for the eyes, especially the bastides in Creon, Cadillac and Libourne.